Required number of polar icebreakers. A 2023 Coast Guard fleet mix analysis concluded that the service will require a total of eight to nine polar icebreakers, including four to five heavy polar ...

The U.S. Coast Guard announced an unexpected engine casualty aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, one of the service’s three polar icebreakers, will prohibit the icebreaker from getting underway for ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy received approval for the construction of the first Polar Security Cutter. It will be built at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in ...

A House panel on Wednesday leveled bipartisan criticism at the Coast Guard for delays in building Polar Security cutters needed to offset the growing Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic. U.S.

The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star on Dec. 7, 2020, ahead of the crew’s months-long deployment to the Arctic. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Oldham) The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star sits at anchor in Taylor Bay, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2020. (Petty Officer 1st Class ...

WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard is requesting $13.8 billion for fiscal year 2025. That's $100 million dollars less than this year. In the request, the Coast Guard is seeking $13 million less for the ...

Current operational polar icebreaker fleet. The operational U.S. polar icebreaking fleet currently consists of one heavy polar icebreaker, Polar Star, and one medium polar icebreaker, Healy. In ...

A House panel this week leveled bipartisan criticism at the Coast Guard for delays in building Polar Security cutters needed to offset the growing Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic. U.S. Rep.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced a contract award to secure five Arctic Security Cutters, bringing the total amount of cutters being manufactured to 11 to meet President Donald Trump's executive orders ...